What does 2 Samuel 5:25 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Gebaf until thou come to Gazer."
Verse 2 Samuel 5:25. _AND DAVID DID SO_] He punctually obeyed the directions of the Lord, and then every thing succeeded to his wish. How is it that such supernatural directions and assistances are n...
GEBA - Better, as in marginal reference “Gibeon.” Gazer should be “Gezer” (Joshua 10:33, etc.); it lay between the nether Bethhoron and the sea; on the direct route therefore which the Philistines, fl...
2. DAVID'S CONQUEST OF ZION AND VICTORY OVER THE PHILISTINES CHAPTER 5:6-25 _ 1. David's conquest of Zion (2 Samuel 5:6)_ 2. Hiram King of Tyre (2 Samuel 5:11) 3. David's additional concubines and...
VICTORIES OVER THE PHILISTINES (J). (_Cf._ p. 67.) David twice defeats the Philistines in the Valley of Rephaim (p. 31, Isaiah 17:5 *). The growing strength of David had roused the apprehensions of hi...
AS. according as. GEBA. Abbreviation for "Gibeon". Compare Septuagint, and 1 Chronicles 14:16....
Two victories over the Philistines =1 Chronicles 14:8-16 17. _But when the Philistines heard_ This Philistine invasion probably followed soon after the capture of Jebus. The Philistines were alarmed...
_David Against the Philistines_ 2 Samuel 5:17-25 17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard _of it,_ a...
_AND DAVID DID SO, AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED HIM; AND SMOTE THE PHILISTINES FROM GEBA UNTIL THOU COME TO GAZER._ Geba until thou come to Gazer. For Geba, see the notes at 1 Samuel 14:1:; Gazer (cf. 1...
DAVID IS ANOINTED KING, CAPTURES JERUSALEM, AND SMITES THE PHILISTINES 1. There was no longer any member of the house of Saul who could take the lead....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 This chapter records three very important things that David did: (1) He united the nation of *Israel. (2) He made the city of Je...
FROM GEBA... TO GAZER. — In the parallel passage (1 Chronicles 14:16) it is “from Gibeon to Gazer.” One or the other is a slip of the scribe, and there can be little question that Gibeon is the true r...
וַ יַּ֤עַשׂ דָּוִד֙ כֵּ֔ן כַּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ יְהוָ֑ה וַ יַּךְ֙ אֶת ־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים מִ גֶּ֖בַע...
CHAPTER VII. _ THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED._ 2 Samuel 5:10. THE events in David's reign that followed the capture of Mount Zion and the appointment of Jerusalem as the capital of the country were all o...
JEHOVAH'S VICTORIES OVER THE PHILISTINES 2 Samuel 5:13 David's prosperity led to luxurious living and sensual indulgence, out of which sprang the troubles of his after-life, 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel...
At this point the second section in the first movement of the Book commences. David had won the heart of all Israel by his consistent justice and magnanimity toward those who stood in the way of his c...
And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to (h) Gazer. (h) Which was in the tribe of Benjamin, but the Philistines possessed it....
_Gabaa, which some would understand of "the hills" of Bochim. (Calmet) --- But in Septuagint (Alexandrian) and in Paralipomenon, we read Gabaon, a city near the birth-place of Saul. (Haydock) --- Davi...
(22) And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. (23) And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, an...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
David, the king of Judah in Hebron for seven years and a half, becomes the king of all Israel upon Ishbosheth's death And now David is no longer the man of faith who, himself the head of the armies of...
AND DAVID DID SO AS THE LORD COMMANDED HIM,.... In all things he was obedient to the command of God; Saul was not: he got behind the army of the Philistines, as he was directed; and when he heard the...
And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. Ver. 25. _To Gazer._] Which was a city of the Philistines, saith Josephus....
1 The tribes come to Hebron to annoint Dauid ouer Israel. 4 Dauids age. 6 Hee taking Zion from the Iebusites dwelleth in it. 11 Hiram sendeth to Dauid. 13 Eleuen sonnes are borne to him in Ierusal...
TWO VICTORIES OF DAVID OVER THE PHILISTINES...
Yet the sovereign wisdom of God has been over all these matters, and David's way becomes clear without his fighting for it. God's time had now come for the voluntary submission of the other tribes to...
GEBA: also called, Gibeon...
17-25 The Philistines considered not that David had the presence of God with him, which Saul had forfeited and lost. The kingdom of the Messiah, as soon as it was set up in the world, was thus attack...
They followed their victory, and pursued them to their own borders, in which Gazer was, as Josephus relates....
2 Samuel 5:25 David H1732 did H6213 (H8799) LORD H3068 commanded H6680 (H8765) back H5221 (H8686) Philistines H6430 Geba H1387 far H935 (H8800) Gezer H1507 Geba - 1 Chronicles 14:16, Gibeon Gazer -...
DAVID ONCE AGAIN OVERWHELMS THE PHILISTINES WITH THE HELP OF YHWH (2 SAMUEL 5:17). It was inevitable that once the news reached the Philistines that David had been anointed as king over all Israel, th...
CONTENTS: David becomes king over Israel. War with Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, David, Hiram. CONCLUSION: Those who have the Lord of Hosts for them need have no fear what hosts of men or demons can...
2 Samuel 5:2. _Thou shalt feed my people._ Probably the highpriest, or a prophet, delivered a short coronation charge, as Samuel had already done. This divine promise is made the final reason why they...
_When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself._ THE SPECIAL MEANING OF COMMON THINGS What a different world this would be if we believ...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 5:22 It may be that the SOUND OF MARCHING was a distinct sound caused by the Lord that frightened the Philistines (as in 2 Kings 7:6). Another possibility is that the Philist...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 5:6. “WENT TO JERUSALEM.” “That this took place immediately after the anointing of David as king of Israel is apparent not only from the fact that the account f...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 5:1 THEN CAME ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. As Ishbosheth reigned only two years, and David's reign at Hebron lasted for seven years and a half, there is an interval of more than five...
Then all of the tribes came to David there in Hebron, and they said, Behold, we're of your bone, we're of your flesh. In times past, when Saul was king, you were the one that led us out to victories o...
1 Chronicles 14:16; Joshua 16:10...